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- Marketing & Sales Videos
Shakr: Create Your Own Business Videos Online Using Amazing Templates
I really am excited at the advancements in video over recent years. Every business has the opportunity to record video for their company, but it’s not easy. Aside from the quality of the video, lighting and audio, there’s the post production work that’s exhausting or expensive. I love doing videos, but tend to turn to blogging or podcasting because it’s…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Where’s Wesley? SXSW Success on a Small Budget
With SXSW recently behind us, many companies are sitting in board rooms asking themselves, Why didn’t we get any traction at SXSW? Many are even wondering if the huge amount of money they spent was simply wasted.. As a mecca for tech companies, it’s the perfect place for raising awareness of a brand, but why do so many companies fail…
- E-commerce and Retail
Integrate Shopify Seamlessly With Your WordPress Site
We’ve been setting up quite a few WooCommerce sites for clients… and it hasn’t been easy. The WooCommerce interface is a bit clunky and additional features are mostly available through a plethora of plugins that require paid subscriptions… and more configuring. Lots and lots of configuring. If you’ve never seen Shopify, we shared a video that shows you how to…
- Marketing Tools
Eventbrite + Teespring: Sell T-Shirts With Your Tickets
We operate an annual music and technology festival in Indianapolis each year. It’s a great event where we bring in regional bands and take a day off to celebrate the regional growth as well as raise some money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Our agency is the key sponsor of the event, and then we typically get other companies…
- E-commerce and Retail
Rethink Social Media’s Impact on Traffic and Commerce
We continue to educate businesses on the myth of attribution and the under-reported impact that social media has across marketing efforts. Because technology is lacking and it’s difficult to attribute sales to social media does not mean that it doesn’t happen. In fact, the statistics speak to the opposite: 71% of consumers are more likely to make a purchase based…
- Analytics & Testing
Searchmetrics: An Enterprise, Data-Driven SEO Platform
There are dozens of SEO tools available with more flooding the market every month. The problem with the majority these tools are that they focus on metrics that may have been important years ago, but aren’t anymore. Searchmetrics is an enterprise, data-driven SEO platform that continues to evolve and deliver results for its clients – internationally. Today’s search engines index…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Free Mobile Responsive Email Templates from Litmus
We’re working with a client whose e-commerce emails aren’t currently responsive. We do not doubt that they’re losing clicks and conversions given the massive behavioral shift of subscribers moving to mobile. 60% of all email sent is opened on a mobile device. Constant Contact You may already understand responsive design – basically website code that adapts the layout of your…
- Content Marketing
100 Years Later: The Kingdom of the Subscriber
This is an advertisement from May 1916 edition of Popular Mechanics from AT&T speaking to potential telephone subscribers. I often wonder how difficult it was to overcome the fear and trepidation such technology must have caused at the time. I also wonder how it compares to social media adoption and the Internet today. History almost always repeats itself. Telephones, like…
- Event Marketing
What We’ve Learned About Customer Acquisition by Swinging for the Fences
Take us out to the ballgame? Yes! 3DplusMe, a company acquired by WhiteClouds, has been a licensee of MLB for the past two years, creating interactive 3D experiences and personalized full-color 3D products for ballgame-goers. We built and provide the technology that enables MLB attendees to get drafted to their favorite team and “become” a player via our capture-to-print platform. …
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
Multi-Tasking in Mobile Phones: From Flip Phones to Smartphones
The concept and capabilities of multitasking in mobile devices have undergone significant transformations from the era of flip phones to the modern smartphone. This journey reflects the advancements in technology, resources, and bandwidth to meet user needs. Let’s dive into the history and evolution of multitasking capabilities, focusing on the world’s two leading platforms: Android and iOS. We also provide…
